2009年6月24日星期三

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Pakistan court rejects Sarabjit's death verdict appeal (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 10:50 AM PDT

Sukhpreet Kaur (R), wife of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh who was condemned to death on charges of terrorism in Pakistan, sits in a vehicle along with her daughters Swapandip (L) and Poonam on their arrival at Wagah border April 23, 2008. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza/FilesReuters - Pakistan's Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday an appeal by Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man seeking a review of a death sentence imposed on him 18 years ago for spying and carrying out bombings.


Deal reached to avoid breakaway F1 series (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 10:50 AM PDT

International Automobile Federation (FIA) President Max Mosley walks in the paddock for the British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone, central England, June 21, 2009. REUTERS/Yves HermanReuters - Peace broke out in Formula One on Wednesday when a deal was reached to avert a breakaway series and teams agreed to further cut costs without a budget cap.


Fed holds policy steady, less worried on deflation (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 12:02 PM PDT

A man walks in front of the U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, June 24, 2009. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held monetary policy steady and said the U.S. economic recession was easing, as it signaled its worries over a possible troubling downward spiral in prices were fading.


U.S. hopeful over India trade relationship (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 10:50 AM PDT

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk gestures during a news conference at the World Trade Organization (WTO) headquarters in Geneva in this May 13, 2009 file photo.  REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/FilesReuters - United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk is looking forward to working closely with his new Indian counterpart after a series of encouraging meetings, Kirk said on Wednesday.


Brazil: unfair to single out emerging countries in Doha (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 10:50 AM PDT

Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim pauses before a meeting with his Chilean counterpart Mariano Fernandez Amunategui at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia May 4, 2009. REUTERS/Roberto Jayme/FilesReuters - Singling out emerging countries like Brazil, China and India to make more concessions in the World Trade Organisation's Doha round talks is totally unfair, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said on Wednesday.


Microsoft CEO still open to partnership with Yahoo (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 12:11 PM PDT

Microsoft corp. CEO Steven Ballmer takes part in the 'Technology General Session' of the  National Summit at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan June 17, 2009. REUTERS/Rebecca CookReuters - Microsoft Corp, the world's largest software group, is still open to a partnership with search engine giant Yahoo Inc, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.


Khamenei vows no retreat on Iran election result (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 11:31 AM PDT

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.  Iranian protesters throw tomatoes at the British embassy during an anti-Britain protest in Tehran June 23, 2009. REUTERS/Fars NewsReuters - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared on Wednesday that a disputed election result would stand, despite street protests that Iranian officials say Britain and the United States have incited.


Govt ready to support Air India, but wants reform (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 07:03 AM PDT

A plane prepares to land at an airport in New Delhi in this June 4, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - The government is ready to help Air India, but aviation minister Praful Patel said on Wednesday the struggling state carrier must become "leaner and trimmer" to secure backing it needs to get through a liquidity crunch.


Thousands demand justice over Kashmir rape, deaths (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 05:33 AM PDT

Reuters - Thousands of people shouting "we want justice" marched in south Kashmir on Wednesday to protest against the rape and murder of two Muslim women, officials said.

S.Africa's MTN declines to comment on Bharti at AGM (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 06:56 AM PDT

A woman walks past the entrance of the headquarters of South Africa's MTN Group in Johannesburg in this May 27, 2008 file photo.   REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/FilesReuters - MTN Group, Africa's largest mobile phone operator, declined to comment on merger talks with Bharti Airtel at its AGM on Wednesday, vowing to update the market when progress is made.


Monsoon rains to be below normal - govt (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 07:36 AM PDT

Clouds loom over Mumbai's skyline June 21, 2009. After a prolonged delay in the advent of monsoon this year, its finally expected to advance into Mumbai and other parts of India by later in the week. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - India's monsoon rains, a lifeline to its trillion-dollar economy, are expected to be below normal for the first time in four years, the government said on Wednesday, a blow to a slowing economy.


Pakistan court rejects Sarabjit's death sentence appeal (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 04:28 AM PDT

Indian students take part in a candle light march in Chandigarh in support of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man sentenced to death in Pakistan, in this March 11, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Ajay Verma/FilesReuters - Pakistan's Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday an appeal by Sarabjit Singh, an Indian man seeking a review of a death sentence imposed on him for spying and carrying out bombings in the 1990s.


India to urge Pakistan to arrest alleged Mumbai mastermind (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 01:22 AM PDT

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed head of Jamaat-ud-Dawa is seen in Islamabad in this May 22, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Faisal MahmoodReuters - India will urge Pakistan to arrest Hafiz Mohammad Saeed for his role in the Mumbai attacks, a day after an arrest warrant was issued against the raid's alleged mastermind, an official said on Wednesday.


POLL - WPI seen down 1.69 pct yr/yr as at June 13 (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 05:05 AM PDT

A vendor arranges vegetables at a wholesale market in Siliguri in this April 4, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - India's wholesale price index (WPI) is forecast to have fallen a record 1.69 percent in the 12 months to June 13, a second straight fall, a Reuters poll of 11 analysts showed on Wednesday.


Apple's Jobs has "excellent prognosis" (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 04:28 AM PDT

Apple Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is shown in this combination photo of file photographs dating (top row L to R) July 2000, November 2003, September 2005, (bottom L to R) September 2006, January 2007 and September 2008. REUTERS/FilesReuters - Apple Inc chief executive Steve Jobs underwent a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital and has "an excellent prognosis", the hospital that performed the operation confirmed on Tuesday.


Bus crash kills 25 in Kashmir (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 01:13 AM PDT

Reuters - At least 25 people were killed when an overcrowded bus veered off a mountain road in Indian Kashmir and fell down a deep gorge into a stream, officials said on Wednesday.

Asian body flashes red cards to India club coaches (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Jun 2009 01:22 AM PDT

Reuters - The majority of coaches in India's I-League could be in danger of losing their jobs because they lack the credentials needed to enter their teams in the Asian Champions League, local media reported on Wednesday.

Asians worry about money, but still indulge - poll (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 11:11 PM PDT

People stroll in Inorbit mall in Mumbai November 20, 2008. REUTERS/Punit ParanjpeReuters - Times are tough these days and money is a worry, but many Asians believe the best way to weather the global economic crisis is to indulge in little luxuries, according to a new regional survey.


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